Veil of Terror

VEIL OF TERROR traces the roots of today's terrorism to Bedouin and Islamic sexual ways that deny rights to women, frustrate men and warp children. Osama bin Laden is the only child of a concubine cast off by his wealthy Saudi father, who sired more than 50 other children. September 11th World Trade Center skyjacker Muhammad Atta wanted no women to touch his body or attend his funeral. Author Betty Balsam was born in Syria, raised in Lebanon, and worked for many years as a medical professional in both Beirut and Tehran, Iran. She speaks Persian and Arabic. She has witnessed the psychological damage and violence caused by this sexually-distorted culture - from battered women, to a son who killed his wife-beating father, to a Saudi Prince who committed suicide after being the victim of repeated royal family rapes. A master storyteller, as readers know from her earlier books The Crescent Moon, My Sins Upon You All and My Sisters? Keeper, Balsam combines heart-searing, eye-opening experiences and insights with a richly-jeweled, surprising tapestry of Islam's birth, Golden Age, decline, and choice of futures. (Did you know that captains of two of Columbus? ships came from a Muslim royal family?)Ponte, Lowell is the author of 'Veil of Terror', published 2002 under ISBN 9781931964005 and ISBN 1931964009.